University of Washington Seattle

Office of Admissions

• Freshman
  • Freshman Review
  • College Academic Distribution Requirements
  • Advanced Placement (AP) Policies
  • International Baccalaureate (IB) Policies
  • Dual-Credit Policies
    • Details
    • Equivalency Guide
  • Homeschooled Applicants
  • English Language Proficiency
  • Guidelines for Special Admission & Appeal
• Transfer
• International
• Postbacs

The Running Start Program allows academically qualified 11th- and 12th-graders the opportunity to enroll in certain Washington colleges for college credit. College in the high school, which may go under names such as dual enrollment or dual credit, allows high school students to take college courses at their local high school and receive college credit. Other well-known dual enrollment programs include Seattle’s Matteo Ricci College and Hawaii’s Running Start program.

ADMISSION

Dual-enrollment applicants are evaluated for admission
on the basis of both quantitative (including high school and college grades and admission test scores) and qualitative factors.

• You must satisfy UW academic distribution requirements.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

• If you are applying for summer or autumn quarter after you graduate from high school, use the “freshman application”/Apply/Freshman.
• Freshman Timelines & Deadlines: We strongly encourage freshmen to apply before December 1, but the deadline is January 15, regardless of the number of college credits you have taken or will have taken. All materials to complete the application file must be submitted or postmarked by the deadline.
• The Honors Program priority date is December 1.
• If you are starting college after leaving high school, apply as a transfer student.